The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-04-29

ne won In Inc S:Sl class, taxing HrSl,
fourth and fifth hcats-time. 1924. 2:17t
2:21a. At Springfield, three days later, he
won in the same class in straight heats,
2:22t, 1924, 2:24f. Here, again, two
days after, he won, time 21St, 2:19i,
2214 Here are nine heats won in five
days. in hard contests, in which Hilton
defeated Nobby, Judge Lindsey, DeDarry,
Felix and Kennilworth. and made an
average for the nine heats OF 2:214.
Is Hiltdh a race horse, and did he in
herit it from the unknown mare? Are
Myrtle and Spinella race ond game? is
Jerome Eddy with his 21 heats climaxed
with his s:16t. and his premiership at the
Jewett Farm, where $25, 900 was paid for
him, race horse and sire? Are these
uot numbered among the kings and queens
of the turf and stud? From whence this
speed, endurance and game? Is it from
the common mare, or is it from this son
of Volunteer and Hattie Wool, combin-
ing the blood of the IIambletonian and
the Clay families, and to which we are in
debted for George Wilkes and Electioneer?
We no longer wonder that Napoleon's
colts are campaigners when we recall that
George Wilkes dam was Dolly Spanker
by Henry Clay 8; that Bodine 2:10,
Unalala 2:224, Dick Swiveler 2;1S, Dame
Trot 2:22, Elaine 22O, Prospero 2:20,
Happy Thought 1924, Gazelle 2:21 and
st. Julien 2:114 are out of Clay mares,
and the further fact that Napoleon's dam.
Hattie Wood, by Harry Clay As, is the
dam OF the two great stations, Idol and
Victor Won Bismark, and of Gazelle 2:21.
1t is the great Hambletonian and Clay
cross that sells the Wilkes and Electioneer
colts at the top of the market. The best
results of this ultra fashionable cross are
found in Napoleon, and when tested by
the price paid for his get, Napoleon is in
the very front with Eddy at S25, ,00O-a
greater sum than was ever paid for a
Wilkes or an Elcctioneer. No public sales
have been of his sens and daughters as of
other stations, for the reason that they
are sold at private sale as fast as raised,
hence this comparison 10 lost. If we breed
for extreme speed, where can we look for
1t with greater promise than 10 Napoleon?
OF his get having records under 2:30. a
larger percentage of them are below 2; ;23
than those of any other horse having an
equal or greater number of $50 perform
ers; so per cent having records better than
2:23. The stations most neatly approach
ing him are those with the same Handle
tonian-Clay crosses; Electioneer having a
little over so per cent, and George Wilkes
nearly 40 per cent of $50 performers in
the 2 23 class.
Tried by the unbroken extreme speed
inheritance he transmits, Napoleon stands
unrivalled, as he brings to his colts an
ever increasing stream, coming down
through three successive generations, as
follows:
HAMBLEToNIAN 10, 0,GREAT.GRAND SIRE, GOT
Dexter, record mace 20 years ago. .2:174
VOLUNTEER 50, GRAND SIRE, GOT
Gloster. ................2:17
St. Julien. e.114
LOUIS NAPOLEON 207, SIRE, GOT
Charles Hilton. o.174
Jerome Eddy. e.16a
This speed inheritance is UNPARALLELED
OF colts with trials he has
Reno Defiance, quarter :36, record. Q :294
Col. Bowers, huff 10, 1924 record .2:31
Seminole. in race. .2:42
Clemattis, record. :. .2:464
Ben Hurr 2 years old, quarter. =. 40
Lulu B, record 2,394 .2:36
Symbolic. .2.31
Reynard. .......... .2:2S
Louis Napoleon, ,Jr.......,......,..2:32 Jr.
Lou Rowell, half 1:15.... .........2:34
Edmore. quarter :37, half 1;15......2;35
Geo. Milo, record in first race 1871,